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Vandalism at ski resorts leads
to
suspensions
for six U-M
fraternities and sororities.
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Saturday night,
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Resort and
Spa general
manager Barry Owens described
the destruction caused during a
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weekend ski
trip attended by about
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270 members of the
chapters of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity and
Sigma Delta Tau sorority as "mind blowing:'
"I never saw or heard of anything like
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The students occupied about 60 of the
beer cans, wine, you name it;' said Owens,
who added that the U M administration
resort's 240
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Snyder, executive director of Sigma
Delta Tau, a historically Jewish-based soror
ity, said the U M chapter is on "temporary
social probation" during the investigation.
Sigma Alpha Mu has been suspended from
all activities, including meetings, social
and educational events, philanthropy and
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during a walk-through inspec
tion after the students had checked out.
The
Michigan State Police were called and
report was filed, but management has
not yet determined whether to pursue legal
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action.
The vandalism, which received national
media coverage, has impacted students and
administrators across the U M campus. In
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reaching qut informally to students in the
Greek houses involved in the incident to
help them cope with the ramifications of
ashamed of the behavior" of some of its
tion and the student leadership of Greek
members. He says the chapter "accepts full
responsibility" and "will be working with
Life and Central Student Government for
the actions of some of their members. She
commended the
university administra
doing an excellent job making it clear that
the students' behavior is disappointing and
does not reflect the values of the
university
tiles and
challenging for students to
spotlight on a community they love
and to feel embarrassed by a situation and
have
ability and justice:'
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hallway is
ceiling
combined resources "to enforce account
Tilly Shames, executive director of U
Hillel, said her organization has been
and
kitchen at
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Krupiak and Panhellenic Association
apologized for the
destruction, calling it "an act of shocking
disrespect:' The group vowed to use its
President Maddy Walsh
trashed at
garbage
cupboards in
debris.
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joint letter, Student Body President Bobby
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Joshua Kaplan, president ofU-M's Sigma
Alpha Mu chapter, issued a statement last
week saying the group is "embarrassed and
the management of the resort to pay for all
damages and cleaning costs:'
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and hold them accountable;' Owens said.
The vandalism at Boyne Highlands was
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apologetic and cooperative,
representatives of Sigma
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"They are all concerned and intend to let
the kids know they made a serious mistake
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involved at
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bottles,
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holes in drywall, and soiled carpeting and
chapter ofJewish fraternity Sigma Alpha
Mu by its national
Boyne Highlands are not Jewish:
Pi Kappa Alpha and Chi Psi fraternities and
Alpha Phi and Delta Gamma sororities.
Fitzgerald said this action will give the
university time to sort out additional details
before placing added sanctions on the orga
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Rick Fitzgerald. The other Greek houses
causing more
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the other fraternities and sororities have fol
were
than $50,000 in repair costs.
Following the suspension of the U M
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"We're extremely disappointed by the
disrespectful behavior of these students
and expect full repayment of damages from
the individuals responsible;' said Mike
Chumbler, president/general manager of
the resort. The worst of the damages includ
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surpass $100,000 once all
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During the same weekend, Jan. 16-18,
a dozen condominiums at the Boyne
Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs alleg
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cupboard doors, demolished ceiling tiles,
damaged walls, furniture and carpeting,
and hallways filled with massive amounts of
debris. Owens estimated the damages will
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despite the students' assurances to the con
trary. Early Sunday morning, Owens called
the police, who ordered the students to
vacate the premises and escorted them out.
"There was food and excessive amounts
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down" the noise, but the "excessive party
ing" escalated as the evening went on,
this before;' said Owens, who has worked in
the resort industry for 29 years. Treetops is
The destruction included smashed wood
You don't need to spend a
fortune to show your love.
on
or
inactions;' Shames said.
always the stu
dent, and that our students know they have
someone
to talk to on campus when faced
with these
tough lessons:'
Michigan State Police, along with
some campus
organizations, are conducting
to
investigations determine exactly what
happened and who was responsible.
The
At press time, prosecutors had not issued
formal charges against the students, but
Owens said
nue
to press
sible for the
Treetops "will pursue every ave
charges against those respon
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